World of Warcraft: Legion

Metascore

TechSpot Metascore

Excellent:

14

Good:

8

Average:

0

Bad:

1

After months of missteps, Legion shows World of Warcraft finding its footing again and asserting its relevance after more than a decade. Many elements make this an expansion worth enjoying, including class halls, gigantic zones filled with memorable stories, better socialization, the actiony new Demon Hunter class, and world quests. The one big question mark is whether Blizzard can maintain that energy after launch, but so far the outlook seems promising.

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Over the course of the first five expansion packs, Blizzard has slowly evolved World of Warcraft into something very different than the MMO that launched back in 2004. The Legion expansion feels like an entirely new game. After 12 years of performing...

New systems like world quests and mythic-plus dungeons are overflowing with potential to keep the game fresh and engaging for much longer. And the classic questing and raiding content is as good as it's ever been. Blizzard could drop the ball again, but it would be a damned shame to watch it fall.

More than a decade into World of Warcraft's shelf life, it's fair to say that Blizzard has spent years spinning its wheels narratively, even as it continued to polish the MMO formula the company helped to enshrine. Mists of Pandaria introduced new races...

For the first time in a very long time, Blizzard has released and expansion that's truly exciting, which is saying something. The game's boosted graphics and sound add to the epic feel, there's new backstory and lore, and the game's mechanics (which...

World of Warcraft's detractors will tell you that the quality of its expansions have seen their ups-and-downs. While it's true that some individual elements weren't quite as well received, the level of quality in each new batch of content has been...

I Just Can't Quit Well, here we are again. Two years ago, I was sitting here at my desk writing my review for World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor . Like several times before, I was enthralled as Blizzard Entertainment took me further into a world...

After months of missteps, Legion shows World of Warcraft finding its footing again and asserting its relevance after more than a decade. Many elements make this an expansion worth enjoying, including class halls, gigantic zones filled with memorable stories, better socialization, the actiony new Demon Hunter class, and world quests. The one big question mark is whether Blizzard can maintain that energy after launch, but so far the outlook seems promising.

I like this expansion. I've been hesitant about it given how Warlords of Draenor was incredibly forgettable for 90% of it and how much people hated Mists of Pandaria. Granted I don't know why, but I decided to just venture in and see its worth. For the...

Legion isn’t WoW reinvented. The keyboard-tapping combat mechanics seem as old as the hills and the minute-by-minute gameplay has barely changed in more than a decade. The graphics are even less cutting-edge than they were at launch, while I suspect absolute newcomers will find the story and many of the customs and conventions baffling. Even as a returning player, I’ve still felt like a half-witted noob.

World of Warcraft: Legion is out, and it's pretty fantastic. That's due in part by the fact that the endgame doesn't feel like a slog as there's multiple avenues for gearing up, including questing around the world and multiple tiers of dungeons. Mythics...